Shayne Culpepper (née Wille; born December 3, 1973, in Atlanta U.S.) is a middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian in track and field. She competed in the 1,500 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 5,000 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] She also won a bronze medal in the 3,000 meters at the 2004 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Shayne Wille-Culpepper |
| Nationality | United States |
| Born | Shayne Wille December 3, 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
Spouse | Alan Culpepper |
| Children | 4 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | 2004 Indoor 3000 m, 3rd |
She is married to long-distance track and road running athlete Alan Culpepper. In her early years Culpepper competed for many years in gymnastics.
After transferring from The University of Vermont after a year, she graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in political science. She was a walk-on to the CU Boulder track team.[2]
Although qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, due to Regina Jacobs falling ill, Shayne could not manage to progress through the qualifying rounds after running 4:12.52[3] in the 1,500m. After winning the 2004 5,000 m. Olympic trials she competed again at the 2004 Summer Olympics and placed 13th in the 5k at the first round, not allowing her to go on to the finals.[4]
In 2003, she returned to athletics after having her first child, Cruz Samuel, and on February 16 won the national 4 kilometre cross-country championships. Alan won the men's championship the same day.
In March 2004 Shayne qualified for the 3,000 m. at the World Indoor Championships, she earned the bronze medal, finishing the race in less than a second behind the winner Meseret Defar and silver medalist Berhane Adere.
Major achievements
edit- 2003
- USA Cross Country Championships
- 4 km. champion
- USA Indoor Championships
- 3,000 m. silver medal
- 1,500 m. bronze medal
- USA Cross Country Championships
- 2004
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 3,000 m. bronze medal
- USA Indoor Championships
- 3,000 m. gold medal
- United States Olympic Trials
- 5,000 m. champion
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 2007
- USA Indoor Championships
- mile m. gold medal
- USA Indoor Championships
Video Links
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Shayne WILLE-CULPEPPER | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "Shayne Wille Culpepper (2024) - CU Athletic Hall of Fame". University of Colorado Athletics. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shayne Culpepper". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ↑ "Athens 2004 Olympics - Track & Field Results". Yahoo! Sports.
External links
edit- Shayne Culpepper at World Athletics
- Shayne Culpepper at the United States Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived March 20, 2005)
- Shayne Culpepper at Olympedia
- Shayne Culpepper at Olympics.com
